Tasting our way through Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island

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Berkshire Mountain Distillers was established in 2007. They create award winning spirits in small batches in Sheffield, MA. This is a fairly new facility for them, and quite large. We weren’t familiar with them, but stopped on our way to Big Elm Brewing, also in Sheffield, MA.

They have a decent sized tasting room. The shop area and bar are in one big room right when you walk in. They have tables inside if you want to sit down, and also have tables outside for nicer weather visits.

They do tours but we chose to not partake

The bar was really crowded when we got there. There was a group on a bus and there were people waiting to go on the tour. By the time we were done sampling the bar had emptied out.

We did not take as extensive notes as we usually do while tasting because the bar was crowded and we were trying to sample.

WhiskeysThey make a Gold Medal winning Bourbon Whiskey and well as a New England Corn Whiskey.

What was a little more unique was their line of cask aged whiskeys. They use barrels that had beer in them and put the already oak aged whiskey in the casks. They use barrels from breweries around the country, Sam Adams Utopias barrels, barrels from Ommegang, Hale’s Ales, Two Roads, Troegs and more.

Megan enjoyed trying the different cask aged whiskey. They started the same, but the way the flavor changed was so unique with each different barrel.

GinThey have their regular line of Greylock Gin that was good.

But again, their more interesting and unique batches we liked a lot. They basically have a rotating line of Ethereal Gin, made with different botanicals for each batch and season. Some of the botanicals they grow on their site. We tried a few of these and they were really good, the extra ingredients made these interesting and complex. They also had a Sam Adams Utopias cask gin.

They also have another smaller bar where they make mixed drinks to sell. We both got whiskey sours and took them outside. It was pretty nice out when we were there in late October.

They had corn hole set up outside, and a few tables with umbrellas.

They have some small gardens outside where they grow some
of the botanicals that they use in their spirits and gin.

Hours

Check Facebook or their website for updated hours, it looks
like their hours change seasonally.